Torture Garden

Torture Garden
Compilation album by Naked City
Released	1990
Recorded	1989-1990
Genre	Jazzcore Grindcore
Label	Shimmy Disc
Producer	John Zorn
Professional reviews
Torture Garden (album) at Allmusic
Naked City chronology
Naked City (1990) Torture Garden (1990) Grand Guignol (1991)
John Zorn chronology
Naked City (1990) Torture Garden (1990) Filmworks 1986-1990 (1991)
Black Box cover

Torture Garden is a compilation album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a collection of "hardcore miniatures" from Naked City and Grand Guignol. Unlike other Naked City albums, there are no breaks between the screaming, the seemingly random saxophone blasts and grindcore. The album was originally released on Shimmy Disc in 1989. Following controversy over Naked City's album covers it was re-released in 1996 on Tzadik Records with Leng Tch'e simply as Black Box. The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings in 2005.

The name for the collection comes from Le Jardin des supplices, an 1899 Decadent novel by Octave Mirbeau.

Track listing

1. "Blood Is Thin" - 1:00
2. "Demon Sanctuary" - 0:38
3. "Thrash Jazz Assassin" - 0:45
4. "Dead Spot" - 0:31
5. "Bonehead" - 0:51
6. "Speedball" - 0:17
7. "Blood Duster" - 0:13
8. "Pile Driver" - 0:33
9. "Shangkuan Ling-Feng" - 1:14
10. "Numbskull" - 0:29
11. "Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh" - 0:24
12. "Jazz Snob Eat Shit" - 0:24
13. "The Prestigitator" - 0:43
14. "No Reason To Believe" - 0:26
15. "Hellraiser" - 0:39
16. "Torture Garden" - 0:35
17. "Slan" - 0:23
18. "Hammerhead" - 0:08
19. "The Ways of Pain" - 0:31
20. "The Noose" - 0:10
21. "Sack of Shit" - 0:43
22. "Blunt Instrument" - 0:54
23. "Osaka Bondage" - 1:14
24. "Igneous Ejaculation" - 0:20
25. "Shallow Grave" - 0:40
26. "Ujaku" - 0:27
27. "Kaoru" - 0:50
28. "Dead Dread" - 0:45
29. "Billy Liar" 0:10
30. "Victims of Torture" - 0:23
31. "Speedfreaks" - 0:29
32. "New Jersey Scum Swamp" - 0:41
33. "S & M Sniper" - 0:14
34. "Pigfucker" - 0:234
35. "Cairo Chop Shop" - 0:23
36. "Fuck the Facts" - 0:11
37. "Obeah Man" - 0:17
38. "Facelifter" - 0:34
39. "N.Y. Flat Top Box" - 0:43
40. "Whiplash" - 0:19
41. "The Blade" - 0:36
42. "Gob of Spit" - 0:18

All compositions by John Zorn and Yamatsuka Eye

• Recorded in Brooklyn, New York City and Tokyo 1989-1990

Personnel

• John Zorn: alto saxophone, vocals
• Bill Frisell: guitar
• Wayne Horvitz: keyboards
• Fred Frith: bass
• Joey Baron: drums
• Yamatsuka Eye: vocals.